🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Chandrakala

Name: Chandrakala
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Ghee; 1.5 cups All-Purpose Flour; 1 cup, for syrup Sugar; 2 tbsp, chopped Cashews; for deep frying Peanut Oil; 2 tbsp, chopped Almonds; 4, powdered Green Cardamom; 3/4 cup, roasted Khoa (Mawa)

🇮🇳 Indian

The half-moon of Bengali and Bihari weddings — maida pastry over khoya-nut filling, fried gold and glazed in syrup. Chandrakala is the crescent moon; open one and find the feast inside.

Prep 45 min Cook 25 min Serves 6 Hard

Ingredients

Ghee2 tbsp
All-Purpose Flour1.5 cups
Sugar1 cup, for syrup
Cashews2 tbsp, chopped
Peanut Oilfor deep frying
Almonds2 tbsp, chopped
Green Cardamom4, powdered
Khoa (Mawa)3/4 cup, roasted

Instructions

1
Knead maida with ghee into a soft pastry dough; rest 30 minutes.
2
Roast khoya lightly; mix with chopped nuts and cardamom.
3
Fill half-moons, crimp edges firmly.
4
Fry on low till deep, even gold.
5
Dip briefly in syrup and cool till the glaze sets.

Chef's tip

Crimp with a fork and check twice — Chandrakala that leaks sheds its syrup and its dignity.

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